Metropolitan Borough of Solihull

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Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
Official logo of Metropolitan Borough of Solihull
Coat o Airms o the Borough Council
Shown athin Wast Midlands
Shown athin Wast Midlands
Sovereign state Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra Ingland
RegionWast Midlands
Historic coontyWarwickshire
Admeenistrative coontyWast Midlands
Admeen. HQSolihull
Govrenment
 • TeepMetropolitan burgh
 • Leadership:Leader an cabinet
 • MPs:Lorely Burt (LD)
Caroline Spelman (C)
Area
 • Total178.3 km2 (68.8 sq mi)
Area rank175t
Population
 (2011 est.)
 • Total216,240
 • RankRanked 78t
 • Density1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (Breetish Simmer Time)
ONS code00CT (ONS)
E08000029 (GSS)
Ethnicity89.1% White (85.8% White Breetish)
6.5% Asie
2.2% Mixed Race
1.5% Black
0.6% Ither [1]
Websitesolihull.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan burgh o the Wast Midlands, in wast-central Ingland. It is namit efter its lairgest toun, Solihull, frae which Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council is based. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG32) an is ane o seiven burghs or unitar destricts that comprise the "Wast Midlands" NUTS 2 region. Hintle o the lairge residential population in the north o the burgh centres on the commonties o Castle Bromwich, Chelmsley Wood, Fordbridge, Kingshurst, Marston Green an Smith's Wood. In the sooth are the touns o Solihull an Shirley.

Syne 2011, Solihull haes formit pairt o the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership alang wi neebourin authorities Birmingham, Bromsgrove, Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Redditch, Tamworth an Wyre Forest.

Economy[eedit | eedit soorce]

Solihull is regardit as haeing ane o the strangest subregional economies in the Wast Midlands, wi a significantly heicher nominal GVA per caipita an Silhillians enjoyin considerably heicher disposable income rates than baith regional an UK averages.[2][3]

Analysis shows Solihull as haein the lawest (an fastest fawin) claimant coont for Jobseeker's Allowance in the region an aw.[4]

This is a chairt o trend o regional gross value addit o Solihull at current basic prices published Archived 2006-05-25 at the Wayback Machine (pp. 240–253) bi Office for Naitional Statistics wi figurs in millions o Breetish Poonds Sterling.

Year Regional Gross Value Addit4 Agricultur1 Industry2 Services3
1995 1,929 12 496 1,421
2000 2,959 8 870 2,082
2003 4,023 8 1,121 2,893

^1 includes huntin an forestry

^2 includes energy an construction

^3 includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

^4 Components mey no sum tae totals due tae roondin

Dounsets in Solihull[eedit | eedit soorce]

See an aw Leet o auries in Solihull

Localities in the burgh include:

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-for-local-authorities-in-england-and-wales/rft-table-ks201ew.xls
  2. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-trends/regional-economic-analysis/sub-regional-productivity--april-2013/prt-subregional-productivity-2013.xls
  3. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/regional-trends/region-and-country-profiles/economy--june-2013/regional-profiles---economy--june-2013.xls
  4. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/subnational-labour/regional-labour-market-statistics/june-2013/rft-lm-table-jsa01-june-2013.xls

Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]

Template:West Midlands Coonty Template:West Midlands Template:Metropolitan destricts o Ingland Coordinates: 52°24′32″N 1°46′51″W / 52.40880°N 1.78092°W / 52.40880; -1.78092